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Transcending Boundaries: A New Strategic Vision for Goucher
After six months of intensive meetings of the Strategic Planning Group and a series of discussion sessions on campus, the Goucher College Board of Trustees unanimously approved at its May 2002 meeting a new Strategic Plan proposing a renewed emphasis on the global dimensions of the Goucher curriculum, construction and renovation of Goucher facilities to concentrate and encourage greater intellectual and social interaction on campus, and further diversification of Goucher’s faculty, staff, and student body.
Our new vision for a liberal arts and sciences education is rooted in the belief that in the 21st century, every academic inquiry and intellectual endeavor must have a global context. We have reimagined the ways in which we will deliver a Goucher education in the coming years, building on Goucher’s distinguished history and taking bold, innovative steps to develop our students as true global citizens.
Every student who enrolls at Goucher College will fulfill a requirement to explore the international, intercultural, and ecological dimensions of his or her education through intensive experiential learning programs in the local community, around the United States, and overseas.
We will build an Athenaeum, housing an expanded college library, dining facilities, performance and lecture halls, and common areas, that will serve as the intellectual, social, and cultural nexus around which Goucher community members will gather in the free exchange of ideas.
We will increase the diversity of Goucher’s faculty, staff, and student body and continue to develop an atmosphere of inclusiveness and respect in which every voice will be heard and every idea considered on the basis of its intellectual merits.
Drawing on the resources and experience of our alumnae/i, friends, and supporters off campus, we will expand, enhance, and reinvigorate the intellectual, cultural, and social life of the Goucher College community.